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2 Contents 1 Doing CRM right: What it takes to be successful in CRM - Europe, Middle East and Africa view, CRM global study 3 Key findings from the global CRM study 5 Success driver analysis 7 Influencers of impact 12 Rules of thumb 16 Summary 18 EMEA results 24 Other key findings: A comparison of global and EMEA results 31 Conclusion 32 About the authors 32 About IBM Business Consulting Services 33 Appendix 37 For further detail 37 References This paper is part of a three-part global series of white papers on Doing CRM Right, a global CRM study conducted by IBM Business Consulting Services. Within the series, there is a paper focused on each major geography Americas, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Asia Pacific. Each paper includes both a global results section with key findings (common across all papers) and a geography-specific section with results pertaining to the specific geography being evaluated. In addition, there is an executive summary white paper which is an abbreviated global summary. Doing CRM right: What it takes to be successful with CRM Europe, Middle East and Africa view, CRM global study Across the global business community today, it is common knowledge that "doing CRM right" is not a mantra to be taken lightly. When achieved, CRM done right can significantly impact and transform a company, helping enable it to grow more profitably by serving its customers more intelligently. At its best and fullest, CRM does more than just automate a call center or improve a sales report; for those companies up to the challenge of "doing CRM right," it can transform them culturally, structurally, and strategically. CRM done right can make companies more: Responsive and targeted in the way they interact with customers Educated and smarter about extending product and services offerings Strategically in-tune with customer needs and values so that delivering on customer expectations enhances competitive advantage. Trouble is, CRM is done right less that 15 percent of the time across the globe. In America, Europe and Asia, 85 percent of companies, large and small, are not feeling fully successful with CRM, according to an IBM Global CRM Survey of over 370 companies across industries. It turns out, doing CRM wrong is much more common than getting it right. To the chagrin of many companies from those with double-digit billion dollar annual revenues and up to US$100 billion in assets, to small businesses with less than US$50 million in annual revenue CRM has yet to achieve the promised return on investment (ROI) goals that made it so appealing in the first place. Furthermore, in many cases, customers have yet to notice a decisive difference. Why? What is happening? Most importantly, CRM continues to hold great promise for companies, with over 50 percent of companies surveyed believing CRM is relevant to increasing performance from a shareholder value perspective, and 65 to 75 percent looking to CRM as important in delivering revenue growth through improved customer experiences, retaining and growing existing customer bases, increasing customer acquisition rates and influencing development of new product and services. CRM can deliver great value; to fully realize this value, companies must improve success of CRM (see Figure 1). What is being done about it? Of those 15 percent of companies that are fully successful, what is driving CRM success, and how are they different than the 20 to 30 percent having some success, and the remaining 55 to 65 percent that are truly struggling? How can this success be replicated to improve CRM performance in other companies so that CRM yields its full potential? 1

3 Figure 1. The compelling need for CRM. Competition is requiring it Profi tability CRM promises new customers; more value from existing customers; improved marketing, sales, and service; better customer relationships Differentiation Customer service/satisfaction becoming a greater piece of a company s value proposition Stakeholders are demanding it Shareholders Pressure from Wall Street to make better use of customer data Customers Want convenience of multichannel access with seamless customer experience Employees Require integrated 360-degree view to provide improved customer satisfaction, customized offerings, and faster response time Business transformation is relying on it Enterprisewide Companies need to be outward-facing versus inward-focused Integration/unifi cation Communicate across silos and databases, and show one face to the customer Source: IBM Business Consulting Services, IBM Business Consulting Services set out to explore answers to these questions by reaching out to hundreds of executives across the world, through both qualitative interviews and a structured quantitative survey administered to a highly credible, global, executive panel from the Economist Intelligence Unit. IBM Business Consulting Services worked closely with a steering committee and an advisory board of CRM business experts from each major geography to help ensure market relevancy of research questions and results. The good news and single most compelling finding from the global study is that the likelihood of CRM success can be improved significantly within a company; clear guidelines, when applied during CRM implementation, bolster CRM success rates from less than 15 percent to greater than 70 percent, and in some cases up to 80 percent. That equates to a 55 to 65 percent greater likelihood of success, which is certainly significant. How compelling is the potential to boost CRM success rates by 55 percent or more? Scenario 1: Consumer products industry Suppose you are a Global 1000 consumer products company, spending tens of millions of dollars on a multiyear CRM effort. You are relying on CRM to transform your business from a siloed and inwardfacing organization, with 15 sales organizations, 10 brands, numerous billing systems, disaggregated customer relationships and disparate 1980 s computing platforms into one integrated company that is performing above par with competitors? The stakes are high at this level of investment, so improving your likelihood of success by 55 percent is more than compelling, it is essential. 2

4 Scenario 2: Financial services industry Or, what if you are a multinational financial services provider with billions of dollars in assets under management, operating in numerous markets with differing regulatory issues and cultural challenges. In your competitive environment, many of the strongest competitors are one or two years ahead of you with CRM practices, enabling them to offer: Tailored investment products and services to customers, based on their ability to view full customer portfolios and complete transaction histories in realtime Full online investing capabilities and financial advisors who are highly knowledgeable about each customer s financial needs. If customers continue to migrate to the competition at the current rate, your assets under management will attrite in the next two years. Even one to two percent shrinkage translates to multimillion dollar losses, and greater impact will be felt in reduction of future growth potential if it turns out these losses are your best customers. Increasing the likelihood of CRM success by 55 percent is more than compelling, it means survival. Key findings from the global CRM study The information in this paper is valuable because, with the right information knowing top CRM success drivers, as well as the contribution and prioritization optimal to succeed executives can plan for and guide CRM success. The results shared here arm CRM executives with information they can use to determine resource allocation, focus areas, and expertise required throughout a CRM implementation. Companies are looking to CRM to help them improve performance and grow overall business. Over 50 percent of companies believe CRM is relevant or highly relevant to improving performance from a shareholder value perspective. Sixty-five to 75 percent consider CRM important in delivering revenue growth. CRM success can be improved significantly in companies, 55 to 65 percent. Likelihood of CRM success can be improved significantly within a company, from less than 15 percent to over 70 percent (and in some cases 80 percent) by focusing on and prioritizing key CRM approach steps. CRM approach steps having the greatest impact are not the big ticket items, but the human-oriented steps. Differentiating steps are not the big ticket items, such as technology implementation or customer data integration, rather, they are the human-oriented steps such as change management and process change good news for companies implementing CRM, this means significant improvement in CRM success for a small incremental spend (relative to total CRM implementation expenditure). 3

5 Some CRM success drivers are consistent; some vary by geography and situation. Two CRM approach steps consistently drive CRM success, regardless of company situation: change management and process change are always differentiators or strong contributors. Other differentiating CRM approach steps are specific to a company s situation, impacted by influencers such as competitive environment, regulatory issues, size and scope of project and company starting point. Implementing CRM across borders has economies of scale for multinationals. For multinational companies, certain CRM project plans can be leveraged globally for economies of scale, such as plans for integration of data/information and plans for CRM-related organizational change. Others must be dealt with locally, such as plans for addressing cultural issues and plans for addressing regulatory issues (taxes, employment law and legal restrictions). Proper allocation of resources, focus areas and expertise enhances impact of success drivers. Knowing contribution to success, difficulty and frequency of performing each CRM approach step aids executives in planning for CRM success by identifying: 1) appropriate resource allocation of labor, time and money, 2) focus areas requiring special emphasis, and 3) when and where expertise is needed. Ownership of CRM within companies today is largely in the wrong place. Nearly three-quarters of companies have division-owned CRM, such as Marketing, Sales, IT or Customer Service; only one-quarter of companies give ownership of CRM to Corporate, a senior level team that spans multiple divisions and business units within a company. However, the study shows that when Corporate owns CRM, there is a 25 to 50 percent greater chance of success than with other ownership models. Senior management, in over 35 percent of companies, is actually impeding the success of CRM because it views CRM as useful, not critical. When senior management views CRM as critical or strategic, study results show it is a major contributor to overall CRM success. Viewing CRM as useful, not critical actually detracts from success because it sends a message within the company that CRM is not a priority. 4

6 One reason projected CRM returns are not being fully realized is because over 75 percent of companies are not fully using CRM once it is implemented. This can be attributed in part to companies underestimating the value of stakeholder alignment; study results show that companies having the most success with CRM are aligning with the business objectives of employees, with customer alignment a close second. Yet, only 21 percent of responding companies view employee alignment as very important to CRM success. It comes down to culture, including top-down, ongoing support of senior executives and clear links to overall corporate goals. A CRM effort of any magnitude needs to be top-down; if it starts bottom-up, the first item on the agenda should be to enlist senior management and stakeholder support. This is because the goals, strategy and performance measures of CRM have to be linked to those of Corporate. If employees do not see how adopting CRM fits into the big picture, they will not use it. Similarly, if senior management does not clearly believe that CRM enhances the company s overall value proposition, it will be squashed by competing priorities. Success driver analysis Likelihood of CRM success can be improved significantly within a company, from less than 15 percent to over 70 percent (and in some cases 80 percent) by focusing on and prioritizing key CRM approach steps. For such a statistic to be of any use, the rationale behind it must first be explored and understood, and second, it must be viable and applied. Success with CRM comes down to 16 critical success drivers, or CRM approach steps, identified as important to success by both CRM executive decision-makers and influencers of CRM decision-making (see Figure 2). These CRM approach steps should be prioritized and given full attention throughout the CRM implementation. Full attention refers both to the resources themselves the people, time and budget allocated to a CRM effort and to the endurance of those resources, which cannot just be present at the onset to champion CRM, but must remain integrally involved throughout. 5

7 Figure 2. Global drivers of CRM success. Three types of critical success drivers Differentiating steps have the highest impact on CRM success, they are the humanoriented steps that, when done correctly, can sustain the value of CRM; however, CRM strategy and value proposition development Budget process management Change management Governance Process change Differentiating steps - 64% the human aspect of most of these steps makes them more challenging to execute. Customer data integration and data ownership Senior executive and opinion leader buy-in Contributing steps clearly add to CRM success but alone, they Prioritization of company initiatives Implementation road map Contributing steps - 24% are not sufficient to derive value from CRM. Capabilities and risk assessment 3.3 Customer needs analysis 2.7 Foundation building steps play a role and are necessary, but Organizational alignment 2.5 not strong contributors. Metric development Technology implementation Foundation building steps - 12% Stakeholder assessment 1.8 Business case and ROI 0.2 R^2 = Percent contribution to success predicted by the CRM approach steps Notes: N =

8 To determine the prioritization of drivers and their contribution to CRM success, analysis focused on the relationship between frequency of performance of key approach steps and resulting success of CRM initiatives. Executives rated each approach step and each CRM initiative on a seven-point continuous scale from never performed to always performed and each CRM initiative from failure to full success. A multi-variate, linear regression determined that, while performing a single step in isolation cannot guarantee CRM success, when the steps are regularly performed in combination with one another and with focus aligned with the suggested prioritization, they can significantly increase a company s likelihood of CRM success, from 15 percent up to 70 percent. 1 The top tier contains the differentiating steps (see Figure 2), those that contribute the most to CRM success. In the global view, these steps are, in order of priority: CRM strategy and value proposition, budget process management, change management, governance and process change, and they account for 65 percent (of the 70 percent) improved likelihood of success. While the human aspect of most of these steps makes them difficult, less clear-cut, and often unpredictable, when executed according to plan, these steps can truly position the organization to derive and sustain value from CRM. Ironically, the CRM steps that are big ticket items such as technology implementation and customer data integration, are not the differentiators. The next tier of steps contains the contributing steps, which clearly affect success 24 percent in this global view but in and of themselves, they are not sufficient. The bottom tier of steps contains the foundation building steps, which are qualifiers, necessary but not strong contributors. Much like a man attributing 20 percent of the success of walking to his right foot, it does not mean he can walk without the left foot and ten toes and two legs as well; all parts contribute; and, even though the nose is relatively small, it is also necessary because he could not move at all without being able to breathe. Influencers of impact As can be attested by any company that has pursued CRM, especially at the enterprisewide level, there are additional layers of complexity muddying the waters. It is not as easy as having one analysis that cleanly applies to all companies in all markets in all situations. This is especially true for multinational companies pursuing a CRM effort that extends across borders, since there are some parts of CRM that have global applicability and are easily scalable while others must be addressed locally (see Figure 3). 7

9 Figure 3. Applicability of CRM project plans globally versus locally. Plan for integration of data/information Plan for CRM-related organizational changes CRM project plans Plan for enabling tools and approach steps Plan for CRM-related process changes Plan for CRM-related change management Plan for addressing cultural issues Local applicability Global applicability Plan for addressing regulatory issues (taxes, employment, law, other legal restrictions) N =133. Percent of respondents There are external and internal influencers that vary the prioritization of the CRM approach steps in Figure 2, based on their degree of strength and how they interact with one another in a given environment. These influencers include: Geography and cultural issues (including regulatory issues and economic climate): Is the market served highly fragmented? Is the culture risk-averse or risk-taking? Does the economic climate dictate cost-cutting or revenue growth? Do labor laws limit or encourage change and new skill development? Company size: Is the company small (under US$50 million in annual revenue) versus medium or large (greater than US$50 million in annual revenue)? CRM scope: Is the planned CRM effort enterprisewide (encompassing the entire company) or a point implementation (within one division, channel or region)? Competitive environment: What is the degree to which competitors have pursued CRM as a means of competitive advantage? To what extent are current customers being lured away by the better, more targeted offers and improved customer experiences of competitors? Starting point for CRM: What is the company s starting point when entering into a CRM effort? Is the company financially secure and able to afford a full-scale effort? Are existing technology systems two years or a decade old? 8

11 The starting point will be different for each company it must be evaluated and accounted for in developing the CRM Strategy and blueprint. However, the impact of the other four influencers, geography and culture, competitive environment, company size and scope of CRM effort, can be evaluated at the geography level, and thus are explored in detail in the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific portions of this study. For example, the impact globally of company size shifts the emphasis of key approach steps, highlighting that CRM strategy has extreme impact for large companies pursuing CRM whereas budget process management should be emphasized for small companies. Comparing enterprisewide to point implementations (point implementations are smaller in scope, such as divisional, regional, or channel efforts), change management surfaces as a key area of emphasis and impact when pursuing enterprisewide CRM efforts and governance has high impact for companies implementing point solutions. The big question then becomes: What does this mean, in terms of focus and differentiation, when multiple influencers interact, such as, large company and point implementation? As stated previously, the answer depends on the strength of each of the influencers. There are too many possible scenarios to explore each one, but we will evaluate, at a geography level, how some of the major influencers can play out. Notably, success drivers that rise to the top in the focused views provide additional information to be taken into account given special circumstances. For example, Figure 1 shows that change management, strategy and process change are important success contributors for all companies tackling CRM. Small companies need to pay special attention to budget process management and to governance if they are pursuing a point implementation. The question of which influencers of impact and CRM success drivers most impact success for a given company situation is explored further in the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific portions of this study. The great value in understanding these success drivers as well as the difficulty and frequency of performing each step is that executives can plan for and guide CRM success. Study results arm executives with information to help determine resource allocation, focus areas and the expertise required across CRM approach steps (see Figure 5). Each quadrant indicates suggested resource allocation and the opportunity to impact success. 10

12 Figure 5. Resource allocation across CRM approach steps. Opportunity to increase success 29% These steps are easy and done often Budget is clear focus area because a differentiator No excuses; get these steps done Opportunity to increase success 15% These steps are easy but not always done Governance is a clear focus area because a differentiator These steps require focus; appoint good managers Performance frequency Low perceived difficulty and high performance C Senior executive and opinion leader buy F Implementation road map Budget process management Prioritization of D company initiatives C C F Technology implementation F D Capabilities and C risk assessment D Governance F Stakeholder assessment Low perceived difficulty and low performance D Differentiating step C High perceived difficulty and high performance Customer needs analysis F Customer data integration and data Process change C D Business case and ROI CRM strategy and value proposition F Organizational D alignment Metric development Implementation diffi culty Change management High perceived difficulty and low performance Contributing step F Foundation step Opportunity to increase success 14% These steps are hard but done often Process is a clear focus area because a differentiator These steps require expertise; staff or hire strong resources Opportunity to increase success 42% These steps are hard and not always done Strategy and Change clear focus areas because differentiators These steps require expertise and focus; staff strong leaders and skilled resources Note: "Opportunity to increase success percentage" per quadrant was calculated as sum of the success contribution of the individual steps in each quadrant (see Figure 2 for the success contribution percentages). The lower right-hand quadrant of Figure 5, for example, shows those steps that companies find difficult to implement and that are not done frequently. A quick sum of the impact of steps in this quadrant shows 42 percent improved likelihood of success when these steps are done correctly. Strong resources should be staffed for these steps, particularly in strategy and change management since they are differentiating steps contributing 37 percent. Furthermore, study results show that, within change management, some activities have more impact than others; training employees and regular communications with users have much more impact than, for example, fostering internal performance competition. Along the same lines, executives indicate that, when approaching process change (a highly difficult but frequently performed differentiating step) benefits come most from involving employees and incorporating customer requirements and least from assigning a CRM process change owner. Finally, when it comes to ROI activities, developing and tracking metrics has the greatest impact. 11

13 Rules of thumb With the majority of differentiating steps being the human-oriented steps, it is absolutely critical that the people involved in a CRM effort are heard, their desires incorporated and proper leadership accorded them. Not surprisingly, the value of getting this right is underestimated. In fact, many companies meet their downfall in CRM by not providing the appropriate senior-level support and ownership. Companies that downplay the importance of senior management buy-in and stakeholder alignment are finding that a lukewarm attitude impedes success and leads directly to lukewarm adoption and use by employees. Rule 1: Within a company, Corporate should own CRM. When Corporate owns CRM, there is a 25 to 60 percent greater chance of success than with other ownership models (see Figure 6A). Today, only 26 percent of global respondents have Corporate-owned CRM (see Figure 6B). Figure 6A. Actual impact of CRM ownership on success. Percent correlation with CRM initiative success (R^2) Corporate Marketing Sales Customer service Ownership of CRM N = Figure 6B. Where companies are today: Ownership of CRM within companies. Percent of respondents Marketing Sales Corporate Customer service N = 78. Ownership of CRM IT 12 IT 12

14 Rule 2: Rally senior management to actively and strongly support CRM as strategic and critical. Otherwise, there will be trouble ahead. When senior management supports CRM as critical or strategic, it is a major contributor to overall CRM success. It turns out, senior management viewing CRM as useful, not critical actually detracts from success (see Figure 7A); likely because this mindset sends a message to employees that the CRM effort is not a company priority. Figure 7A. Actual impact of senior management view on CRM success. Percent correlation with CRM initiative success (Pearson s correlation coeffi cient)* Way of life, critical 47 Strategic enabler 21 IT tool Note: It should not be surprising that the IT tool approach contributes more to CRM success than the Useful, not critical approach; expectations for CRM as an IT Tool are typically smaller in scope and easier to defi ne and track than broader, allencompassing CRM efforts. Useful, not critical -40 Senior management view of CRM N = Many of today s senior managers are hurting CRM s chances rather than helping it by viewing CRM as useful, not critical, yet this is the most common view of CRM by today s senior management (see Figure 7B). Figure 7B. Where companies are today: Senior management view of CRM. Percent of respondents A way of life, critical Strategic enabler Useful, not critical An IT tool Not applicable Senior management view N =

15 Rule 3: Pay attention to stakeholder alignment, especially by aligning with employees; they are as important as customers. Companies aligning CRM goals with the objectives of employees are realizing the most success with CRM; those aligning with customer objectives are a close second (see Figure 8A). Figure 8A. Actual impact of stakeholder alignment with CRM success. Percent correlation with CRM initiative success (Pearson s correlation coeffi cient)* Employee alignment 51 Customer alignment Stakeholder groups 1 Shareholder alignment N = Companies today are not optimally aligning CRM with employees business objectives to the extent they should be, and it is showing. Interestingly, companies underestimate the importance of employee alignment, viewing it as a distant second to customer alignment (see Figure 8B). 14

16 Figure 8B. Where companies are today: Alignment of stakeholder objectives with CRM. Very important Important Somewhat important Not important Not applicable Percent of respondents Customers Employees Shareholders Stakeholder groups Notes: Customers = 367, Employees = 347, Shareholders = 331. When employees and middle management were asked to describe their level of commitment and adoption to CRM, 76 percent globally said they somewhat use CRM; only 14 percent said they fully use it. Both upfront in aligning stakeholders and later in ongoing adoption and use of CRM by employees, there are clear opportunities to improve commitment to CRM (see Figure 8C). Figure 8C. Employee adoption and commitment to CRM today Percent respondents Fully use Use somewhat Do not use N = 369. Commitment Not applicable 15

17 Summary With the rules listed above, a company can set up its CRM culture to succeed. The rules themselves sound easy and straightforward, but require significant and, at times, arduous commitment, beginning with the senior leaders in a company and extending down through middle management and out to front-line employees. This is more than just agreeing that CRM is a good thing for the company; senior executives must do more than that for CRM to fully succeed. Character For many companies, CRM requires a cultural shift, from inward-facing and productoriented to outward-facing and customer-oriented. The greater the extent of the required shift, the more executives will be required to lead the shift, and the more difficult it will be for an executive to truly enforce a new focus, largely because performance incentives companywide (both quantitative and informal) will be aligned to support the status quo. This will be the case even at the executive level, which is why character becomes critical; strong executives that will not waver or cave into old performance norms will need to lead the charge, embrace the new way of thinking and create new incentives and structures at all levels to support the customer-oriented culture. It will take time for the company to fully shift and grow into its new culture, so executives must put forth a strong character throughout the transition so that middle management and employees believe in it and realize that the customer-focused culture is lasting. Conviction Oftentimes, companies start strong, and then are side-tracked by competing priorities, thus falling quickly back into the old way of doing things. Companies today that encounter this are typically in one of two camps: Company having verbal support for CRM from senior management, but with few to no real resources and structure in place to support it Company having no top-level support, with CRM being cultivated from the bottom-up, with a department or division championing the effort. For an effort of any magnitude, CRM needs to be top-down. If it starts bottomup, the first item on the agenda should be to get senior management buy-in and support. This is because CRM goals and strategy and performance measures need to be linked to corporate goals and strategy and performance measures. If employees do not see how adopting CRM fits into the big picture, they will not use it. If senior management does not clearly believe that CRM enhances the company s 16

18 overall value proposition, it will be squashed by competing priorities. Encouragingly, companies have been successful at moving from a bottom-up effort to a top-down one by effectively getting management s attention in powerful ways. Generating support for CRM One global delivery company began using CRM in Customer Service as a means of automating its call center. This business unit so convincingly improved customer relationships, enhanced customer information collection and strongly linked CRM to the company s overall corporate strategy that Marketing and Sales took notice and wanted to share in the benefits. Ultimately, all three groups made requests to the senior executive team for CRM funding. Getting senior executives to approve and support took time and multiple efforts. Finally, Customer Service hosted a full-day customer summit where all executives spent a day in the call center answering phones and talking to customers, as well as pretending to be customers and experiencing what it was like to interact with their company. Senior management emerged from the summit fully agreeable to the proposed enterprise CRM effort because they saw first-hand how CRM was integral to achieving corporate strategy. Today, CRM has rolled been out across three of the company s five subsidiaries, with plans to complete companywide implementation in Communicating the value of CRM One national telecommunications company began CRM as a sales force automation (SFA) project. To everyone s surprise, the project is turning out to be "the single most transformational initiative" the company has ever undertaken. Using CRM, the company has gone from 8000 representative types, 100 compensation plans and 15 SFA tools to three representative types, one compensation plan and one SFA tool. In looking at quantifiable metrics, the improvements in lead generation and solution selling were so significant, the CEO became interested. It was evident that the CRM initiative was delivering on the company s big three overarching goals by which all company projects and initiatives were judged: 1) one-call resolution, 2) increased retention and 3) improved customer satisfaction. Thus, a full companywide effort was launched, which is now in its first year. Integrity Moving toward a customer-oriented culture means the personality of an organization goes from being focused internally, on its products and its processes, to being focused on customers, ultimately to produce the best for both the organization and customers in the long run. By building lasting relationships that better meet customers needs and by having more intelligent information and analysis to understand and deliver to those needs, companies can grow more profitably. This mentality will impact decision-making processes, prioritization of initiatives and treatment of employees, in terms of incentives and goals. These requirements make it an absolute necessity to get CRM approach steps right, especially the human-oriented ones such as change management and process change. Each of these approach steps reflects and ingrains the culture and inspires all involved to stay with CRM though implementation and transition to achieve and sustain the desired benefits. 17

19 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) results Difficulty in succeeding with CRM is not geography specific; fewer than 15 percent of EMEA companies responding to the study 5 feel they are fully successful with CRM. However, that does not negate their need for CRM or mitigate the rewards for those companies getting it right. EMEA companies are showing determination in pursuing a broad spectrum of CRM initiatives, from customer service and after-sales support, to cost reduction, to channel migration and optimization. The majority of CRM initiatives in the majority of companies surveyed are falling into the gray zone (see Figure 9), the area between complete success and full failure; this is explained by either mediocre initiative performance versus expectations or because many initiatives are still in progress, with value realization difficult to assess mid-implementation. In both cases, the proper focus can turn around lukewarm performance and revitalize CRM initiatives stuck "in progress," helping companies move from the gray middle of the spectrum up to the dark green end of complete success. Success driver analysis Figure 9. Success of CRM initiatives in EMEA. Not applicable Failure Minimal success Neutral Some success Complete success Customer service and aftersales support Strategic brand management Product optimization and management Loyalty and retention programs CRM outsourcing Sales program effectiveness Cost reduction Channel integration and optimization Campaign management Percent respondents Notes: (A) N = ranged from 147 to 149, results include only EMEA respondents. (B) Please see the Appendix for full definitions of CRM initiatives. EMEA companies today are having the most success with CRM initiatives addressing customer service and after-sales support, strategic brand management and product optimization and management, and the least success with campaign management initiatives. EMEA companies define and measure CRM success by 18

20 bottom-line impact, relying on proven customer impact, such as customer satisfaction and customer retention, and on quantifiable revenue growth, both top-line sales and bottom-line profitability. How does the approach of those companies having full success with CRM initiatives differ from those that are pursuing CRM, but struggling? Statistical survey analysis and executive interviews proved that paying attention to key CRM approach steps, those steps companies perform when undertaking a CRM effort, makes a significant difference in the overall outcome. Interestingly, only about 25 to 30 percent of companies on average report that they always perform CRM approach steps, and about 5 to 10 percent of companies say they never perform the steps (see Figure 10). The global results are nearly identical. Figure 10. Frequency of performing CRM approach steps. Not applicable Never Sometimes Often Always Senior executive and opinion leader buy-in Customer needs analysis Customer data integration and data ownership Budget process management Technology implementation Business case and ROI Prioritization of company initiatives Implementation road map Process change Capabilities and risk assessment Organizational alignment CRM strategy and value proposition development Change management Governance Metric development Internal stakeholder assessment Percent respondents Question: How regularly do you perform these CRM approach steps when embarking on a new CRM initiative? Note: N = ranged from 151 to 153, results include EMEA respondents only. Please see Appendix for full definition of CRM approach steps. 19

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